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over-the-counter
| over-the-counter drug
| over-the-counter market
| over-the-counter medicine
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| over-the-shoulder bombing
over-the-counter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective over-the-counter has 2 senses
- over-the-counter(a = adj.all) nonprescription - purchasable without a doctor's prescription; "nonprescription drugs"; "an over-the-counter cold remedy"
- over-the-counter(s = adj.all) otc - (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange; "over-the-counter stocks"
CIDE DICTIONARY
over-the-counter, adj.
- able to be sold legally without a doctor's prescription; -- of medicinal drugs. Contrasted with
prescription . [WordNet 1.5] - not quoted on a stock exchange; sold only through private negotiations between buyer and seller; -- of securities; as, over-the-counter stocks. [WordNet 1.5]
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